The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A - Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient WorldHermes House, 1999 - 512 pages "The myths and legends of the ancient worlds, from Greece, Rome and Egypt to the Norse and Celtic lands, through Persia and India to China and the Far East. A comprehensive A to Z of the classic stories of gods and goddesses, heroes and mythical beasts, wizards and warriors"--Page 1 of cover. |
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... Tuatha De Danann . Here his grandson , Lugh , casts a fatal stone into Balor's deadly eye , forcing it back through his head where its lethal gaze destroys his warriors marching behind him . ( ILLUSTRATION BY MIRANDA GRAY , 1995 ...
... Tuatha De Danann . Here his grandson , Lugh , casts a fatal stone into Balor's deadly eye , forcing it back through his head where its lethal gaze destroys his warriors marching behind him . ( ILLUSTRATION BY MIRANDA GRAY , 1995 ...
Page 133
... TUATHA DE DANANN . But they were already being hard pressed by the FOMORII , the sea gods whom the Tuatha De Danann eventually overcame . At the first battle of Magh Tuireadh the Tuatha De Danann defeated the Firbolg , though the De ...
... TUATHA DE DANANN . But they were already being hard pressed by the FOMORII , the sea gods whom the Tuatha De Danann eventually overcame . At the first battle of Magh Tuireadh the Tuatha De Danann defeated the Firbolg , though the De ...
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... TUATHA DE DANANN were " the people of the goddess Dana " in Irish mythology . They were the last generation of gods to rule Ireland before the invasion of the sons of MILESIUS , the ancestors of the present - day Irish . The Tuatha De ...
... TUATHA DE DANANN were " the people of the goddess Dana " in Irish mythology . They were the last generation of gods to rule Ireland before the invasion of the sons of MILESIUS , the ancestors of the present - day Irish . The Tuatha De ...
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